The Zulu Tribe

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The Zulu Tribe

• By Hank, Sam, and Lizzie

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Are Zulus Real?

• The Zulus still exist today.
• We do not know the exact date they came to
  Africa.
• The Zulus have been in Africa since around the
  1620s and the sixteenth century.

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Home

• Zulus live in huts that are shaped like beehives.
• They live in South Africa.
• The huts are made from young trees and strong
  grass ropes.

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Diet

• Tinyama eyosiwe is a burnt meat they ate.
• They also had beef stew called inyama yenkomo.
• They drank amasi which was a sour milk. They
  believed it made you stronger. They also drank a
  type of beer.

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Modern Day Zulu

• Still the Zulus live in Africa but not in small
  huts they now live in larger huts.
• They are free to choose almost everything they
  do.
• But they still can follow their ancestors
  cultures.
• The Zulus are not a wealthy tribe.

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Religions And Celebrations

• Some festivals are the Hogbetsotso Festival, the
  Homowo Festival,the Panafest festival , and the
  Aboakyir festival.
• Many of theminclude music dancing and food.
• The Zulu respect and fear the dead. Their spirits
  are said to wander after death.
• Zulus also believe in sacrifices of animals.
• The Zulus also believe in a God-type figure
  called Unkulunkulu. He sprung from the bushes
  and created all animals, water, mountains,
  people, the sun and the moon.

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Customs

• One of their customs were making beads.
• Another one of their customs were making wood
  sculptures.
• They also made pictures.

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South African Policy of Apartheid

• The South African policy of apartheid made
  cruel rules that were unfair to the Zulu tribe
  and other people. These rules made it hard for
  them to do these things
• 1. Vote, they sorted the Africans by color, only
  whites could vote.
• 2. They made it illegal for whites to marry
  Africans of another color.
• 3. They divided the land up so each color of
  Africans had a different place to live but the
  whites had a much higher amount then the others.
• 4.Blacks had to carry a pass that had a certain
  time on it in white people areas.

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IFP

• In the 1990s the apartheid was finally over
  and the Zulu tribe made a new group called the
  IFP. That stands for the Inkatha Freedom Party.
  The IFP thought that the African Congress didnt
  represent there tribe interests, and both of them
  had many fights about it. In 1999, peace finally
  came because the IFP got more African supporters
  and they got what they had wanted.

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Photo Gallery
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Bibliography

• http//library.thinkquest.org/27209/History.htm
• http//www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/zulu.htm
  
• www.clker.com/embed-18147-1018147-large.html (
  This is were we found the flags.)